The rise of the NBA superstar

Chapter 134, Opening (asking for subscription, asking for reward)
The atmosphere of the Spurs' home court is very good. As the largest arena in the NBA, it can accommodate 34000 spectators.

Fans at the AT&T Center entered the arena early.

Although San Antonio's football market is not big, the fans here have always been satisfied with the record of the home team. Therefore, fans wearing home team jerseys basically cover every corner of the arena.

The total salary of the Spurs every year ranks in the middle of the NBA team.

Their total salary this year is only 7000 million US dollars. There are only two players in the team with an annual salary of more than 2000 million. Duncan's 1100 million and Parker's [-] million. .There are no junk contracts.

In addition to the reasonable salary (stingy), the team's record has always been at the level of the playoffs and even the championship.

With the stable record of the Spurs over the years, coupled with the growth of the age of the fans, the loose fans who had a good impression of the Spurs before have gradually gathered, forming the current scale.

Fans love watching Popovich play with GDP.

Popovich is also a tactical master, but his coaching style is more focused on defense. The configuration of Tim Duncan on the inside and Bruce Bowen on the outside also made the Spurs the league's top defensive team.

The arena is noisy.

Entrance ceremony is over.

With the referee's whistle.

The game is about to start.

The Spurs' starters: "Tony Parker, Tim Duncan, Michael Finley, Matt Bonner, Roger Mason."

Thunder sent: "Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Nick Collison, Earl Watson"

Li Senlin sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and stayed on the bench first. . .

Li Senlin looked at the Spurs' bench, Manu Ginobili, Bruce Bowen, George Hill. .

Paralyzed, this substitute is a helper.

The actor plus the defensive champion, looking at the lineup opposite, Li Senlin felt a chill in the back of his head.

The tactics commonly used by the Spurs are overall basketball.

Popovich spent years building this Duncan-centric system.

He also found Parker, Ginobili, Bowen and others to cooperate with him. Duncan picked and rolled in high positions to give outside shots a chance.

With Ginobili playing the sixth man to enhance the depth of the team's bench, defensive expert Bowen specifically limits the opponent's top scorer

The ball was played from the inside out most of the time, with Duncan acting as the pivot to tie the team together.

But as Duncan's state declines, the power of this style of play is not as good as before, as can be seen from the Spurs' record.

And if the Thunder's youth storm blows up, the Spurs are still quite afraid.

It is completely unreasonable for a talented team like the Thunder to go crazy.

McGrady was also very unreasonable back then.

Both sides jump the ball.

Collison VS Duncan!

Rarely, Collison beat Stone Buddha by jumping and passed the ball to Durant.

Durant gave the ball to Westbrook in the backcourt.

Westbrook strolls forward.

The Thunder's advantage over the Spurs right now is their speed.

In addition to Durant's individual advantage, Durant's singles.

The current Spurs do not have a qualified small forward to deal with Durant.

Finley and Bonner played against Durant, and they were both beaten. .

However, apart from Durant, the Thunder's other points do not take much advantage.

Similarly, the Thunder can't restrain the Spurs insider Duncan. Even if Duncan is at the end of his peak period now, you will never be able to look at Shifo with a conventional perspective.

The rookie Westbrook showed his immaturity against the top French sports car.

Parker has been at his peak this year, and the 2007 Finals MVP scored a career-high 55 points against the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game [-] of the season to lead the Spurs to their first win of the season.

Parker is known for his fast speed and super fast advancement speed. He once held up half the sky of the Spurs with the lowest rookie salary.

He has a good ability to seize opportunities, as well as sharp breakthroughs. His breakthroughs complement Ginobili, and his outside shots at critical moments are also his killer.

As the main point guard of the Spurs, Parker's organizational skills are being fully utilized.

On the field.

Westbrook called Collison to set a screen and tried to hit Tony Parker himself.

Unfortunately, the quality of Collison's screen was not good.

Westbrook couldn't get away from Parker's close defense.

Breakthrough came to the right side of the free throw line, made an emergency stop, and made a mid-range shot.

"frame!"

At this time, Westbrook is very keen to stop mid-range, but his efficiency is too low, and sometimes it hurts the morale of his teammates.

No, Durant shook his head when he saw the offense. Collison tried his best to squeeze in, but the offensive rebound was completely useless, and he was a little frustrated.

The rebound was protected by Duncan.

Duncan passes the ball to Parker.

The French sports car at this time was full of spirituality and aggressiveness.

Speeding through halftime.

Stop and press the rhythm.

Guide the ball to Finley who came out to meet him.

Finley has outstanding bounce and strength, and the inside offense is often completed with dunks and pull bars.

Finley's shooting skills were not perfect when he first entered the league, but after technical transformation, he has high-quality jump shooting skills, high jump, high release point, and can still maintain a smooth and stable shooting feeling under the condition of a large fallback. He is now the main offensive method, averaging 9 points per game in the Spurs this season.

Compared with the Thunder's doubles and singles tactics, the Spurs at this time are undoubtedly more sophisticated.

Duncan comes up, providing Finley with a cover.

Durant was immediately blocked.

Collison didn't arrive in time.

Finley made a mid-range and long-range jumper across Duncan's screen.

The shot point is very high, and Collison can't interfere at all.

"Swish"

0:2.

The home Spurs took the lead.

Li Senlin observed Duncan's expression off the court.

I found that Duncan really didn't have any mood swings, and the entire Spurs seemed to be infected by Duncan. They must not be excited or high-five after scoring a goal.

It seems that this tactical goal is really familiar to them.

The calmness of the Spurs and the immaturity of the Thunder were quickly reflected.

Westbrook dribbles across half court and passes the ball to Durant.

Durant confronts Finley and swayes him away with one of his latest big deflections.

The breakthrough came to the free throw line.

Duncan's defense came just in time.

As strong as Durant, he didn't dare to fight against the stone Buddha. Duncan's prestige is still a bit powerful for Durant now.

Durant passed the ball to Watson on the baseline.

The Spurs' rotation defense was in place. Bonner quickly followed up and covered the short Watson tightly. Watson had to give the ball back to Westbrook at the top of the arc.

Westbrook looked at the time, there were 4 seconds left, and he took the pot very loyally.

Quickly take a step into the three-point line, and make another mid-range shot against Parker.

"frame"

The long rebound was protected by Bonner.

The French sports car has long since been launched.

The old Spurs launched a fast break, and at this time the Thunder followed Parker closely with Westbrook.

Bonner gave a long flick.

After halftime, the ball just flew over Westbrook's head and was received by Parker.

The peak version of the French sports car has a position advantage, and Westbrook has nothing to do.

Parker easily broke into a fast break.

0 to 4.
After the goal, the Spurs team still had no one to celebrate, and all the players on the bench were expressionless, and Li Senlin was terrified. . .

Fuck, who the hell is this damn, his face is completely paralyzed. . .

(End of this chapter)